what are the odds of spitfire bh not opening
09-16-2003, 08:16 PM
#1
Thread Starter
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what are the odds of spitfire bh not opening
on impact, looked at their blade locking system, it didn' t look like fast opening mechanical, otherwise appeared like solid, well tought design with very sharp blades and 1 1/2" cutting diameter..
09-16-2003, 09:08 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
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RE: what are the odds of spitfire bh not opening
Bow-Nut,
My experience with the Spitfires is this........they always open up SOMEWHERE and do the job. I have seen " Bullet Hole" style entrances and almost full width as well so the entrance hole seems to be hit or miss.
They are pretty slow opening up, and seem the majority of the time to not fully open until inside. They are sharp, and tough, but that slow opening and the chance for a high small entrance spooks me away from them.
I want NAP to come out with a 1 3/4" version of their Scorpion........THAT' S the head I would love to see.
My experience with the Spitfires is this........they always open up SOMEWHERE and do the job. I have seen " Bullet Hole" style entrances and almost full width as well so the entrance hole seems to be hit or miss.
They are pretty slow opening up, and seem the majority of the time to not fully open until inside. They are sharp, and tough, but that slow opening and the chance for a high small entrance spooks me away from them.
I want NAP to come out with a 1 3/4" version of their Scorpion........THAT' S the head I would love to see.
09-17-2003, 08:07 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Cary, IL
Posts: 356
RE: what are the odds of spitfire bh not opening
To me, even the most remote chance of them not opening is still too much of a chance for me. Why bother risking it? My Zwickey has never failed to open, and never will. 
09-17-2003, 02:26 PM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Cary, IL
Posts: 356
RE: what are the odds of spitfire bh not opening
Once again " in most cases" still leaves that margin - no matter how miniscule it is - that the head isn' t going to perform properly. In my book, it' s still not worth it.
But to each their own I guess.
But to each their own I guess.
09-17-2003, 03:12 PM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Munising MI
Posts: 501
RE: what are the odds of spitfire bh not opening
It' s a trade off....
Big, fixed blade head mounted on a slow moving aluminum with chance for tuning changes in the bow resulting in changes in point of impact as well as smaller margin for error in range estimation.
or,
smaller, carbon arrow, mechanical head design flying just like field points with little tuning effort, greater speed for larger range estimation flexibility and little to no chance of change in tuning effecting arrow flight or plaining characteristics.
Bottom line, if for some strange reason they don' t open, which is probably just as likely as your bow coming out of tune and your fixed blade flying off target, your deer will be just as dead as if the blade opened.
For the average guy, using mechanicals is a whole lot easier than using fixed blades and 99% of the reports of lost deer are probably just bad shots and a lack of tracking skill.
Jeff...U.P. of Michigan
Big, fixed blade head mounted on a slow moving aluminum with chance for tuning changes in the bow resulting in changes in point of impact as well as smaller margin for error in range estimation.
or,
smaller, carbon arrow, mechanical head design flying just like field points with little tuning effort, greater speed for larger range estimation flexibility and little to no chance of change in tuning effecting arrow flight or plaining characteristics.
Bottom line, if for some strange reason they don' t open, which is probably just as likely as your bow coming out of tune and your fixed blade flying off target, your deer will be just as dead as if the blade opened.
For the average guy, using mechanicals is a whole lot easier than using fixed blades and 99% of the reports of lost deer are probably just bad shots and a lack of tracking skill.
Jeff...U.P. of Michigan
09-17-2003, 03:30 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Arlington TX USA
Posts: 2,214
RE: what are the odds of spitfire bh not opening
I' ve been shooting Spitfires for 4 years without one single opening failure. As a matter of fact, people that I hunt with that do not use mechanicals are amazed at the devastation. Blood trails have always been massive and short. Only problem I can see is that on hits that have contacted bone, it usually ends up ruining the ferrule where the blades won' t close again.